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| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image |
| (57) The method of displaying an ultrasound image, comprises: a) setting a probe on a
predetermined portion of a target object including a moving object to transmit ultrasound
signals to a specific slice of the moving object; b) forming and storing a plurality
of sequential 2-dimensional ultrasound images based on ultrasound echo signals reflected
from the specific slice, each of said sequential 2-dimensional ultrasound images having
information of forming time; c) selecting n numbers of 2-dimensional ultrasound images
in an order of forming time; d) superposing the n number of 2-dimensional ultrasound
images in a time axis to thereby form a 3-dimensional ultrasound image; e) setting
a moving cycle of the moving object and a plurality of markers representing a moving
cycle interval on the 3-dimensional ultrasound image; f) displaying the 3-dimensional
ultrasound image with the moving cycle markers; g) removing a first 2-dimensional
ultrasound image from the n numbers of 2-dimensional ultrasound images; h) selecting
and superposing a (n+1)th 2-dimensional ultrasound image; and i) repeating the steps e) to h).
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